plaguing

/P L EY1 G IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.

  2. 2

    To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

    โ€œNatural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    Annoyance; harassment

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plague, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plaguing